This week marked our annual Mission Agency Leaders retreat. We met near Henryville, IN and saw the scenes of destruction from the recent tornado that hit down there. Many of the volunteers stayed at the retreat center where we stayed, and it was good to see those wanting to make a difference. Most of them [...]
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The International Society for Urban Mission (ISUM) has been formed. At a meeting in Bangkok in January, thirty people pledged themselves to the formation of this society for the sake of the urban poor. The society will publish a journal, New Urban Mission, with the first number to be available at the end of the [...] I was fortunate to be able to travel to both Thailand and Kenya in the first two months of the year. In each area I managed a little time to do some birding, and used a local guide each time. If one really wants to see and identify the birds, using a local guide is [...] Here are some ways that might indicate that: 1) I have been working too hard; 2) my life is a tad out of balance; 3) I have to be one of the most boring individuals in the world. 1. I visited the Indianapolis Children’s Museum today. Our group of four were all in our 50s [...] Every few years, often when the lemming population is sparce, the Snowy Owl makes a foray southward from its home in the Arctic. It goes searching for food and has been spotted in places as far away as Alabama and Georgia. It’s journey is called irruptive, and birders often wait to see unusual visitors from [...] Guest blog entry from my wife, Robyn: http://occministers.wordpress.com/ . So, what did I talk about at the Winema Week of Missions? I was asked to focus on Africa for one adult session, and on current CMF ministries for another. I decided to use David Letterman’s Top Ten list for the Africa talk. I spoke about politics, health, education, and the status of Christianity. For the CMF talk [...] Due to a “failure to launch,” there have been no blog entries for over a month. Not that I did not write some entries, but due to a computer problem that is not yet worked out, nothing I entered stayed, if you can follow that. So let me back up and try again (for the fifth time) [...] This past Sunday Robyn and I attended the church our daughter and son-in-law (Nicole and Greg) are attending in Philadelphia. The church is called “Christ Church” and it is right down in the historical section of town (think Liberty Bell, Constitution, etc.). The church was established in 1695, and the current building was completed in 1744! Here [...] This past week-end I participated in the annual American Society of Missiology meeting. This was the 39th meeting of the ASM, which was founded to promote the discipline of missiology. Its charter called for a meeting where mission agencies, missionaries, and mission professors could get together to promote their causes, fellowship, and learn from one [...] |
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